Name: Little Fried Smelts Garnished with Shrimps and Olives
Ingredients: smelts; shrimp; olives; flour; salt; oil for frying

Why it works: Shrimp and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,966 recipes. Both carry hexanol, which smells green, fruity. The science ↓

Little Fried Smelts Garnished with Shrimps and Olives

Ingredients

Directions

Clean and prepare the smelts.
Dredge the smelts in flour and sprinkle with salt.
Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
Fry the smelts until golden brown.
Garnish with shrimp and olives before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Shrimp + olivetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,966 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).
Smelt + flourtop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together164 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Olive + flourtop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together16,871 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Smelt + shrimptop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together45 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Shrimp + flourtop 29% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,920 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).